The Obama administration spends more money on immigration enforcement than all other enforcement agencies combined, according to a report from the Migration Policy Institute. The report has gotten a lot of media attention this week. * (Update: Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration noted in the National Review that the MPI authors acknowledged that they reached … Continued

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The leaders of the Illinois Legislature are hoping to pass legislation that would allow illegal aliens to get a driver’s license. In support of that effort, the senate’s Assistant Republican Leader and a high-profile sheriff wrote an op-ed for a suburban Chicago newspaper, the Daily Herald, on Wednesday. State Sen. Bill Brady and Lake County Sheriff Mark … Continued

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The immigration strategy announced by Mitt Romney today provided a lot of reasons for hope among most American workers — especially for Hispanic Americans — but troubling news for the country’s students and workers in high-skill fields.  His approach to illegal immigration is solid in focusing on identifying visa overstayers and denying jobs to illegal … Continued

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President Obama thwarted the will of Congress and shunned the 20 million under-employed and unemployed Americans by announcing he will grant work permits to 2 million to 3 million illegal immigrants. This appears to be an unconstitutional fiat that not only usurps congressional authority to set immigration policy but directly contradicts what Congress has already … Continued

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Perhaps I’m missing something but I can’t find a provision of the US Constitution that authorizes a president to act because he/she just can’t wait for Congress. The Obama Administration must have found the language. Otherwise, the new administrative amnesty-in-place for illegal aliens under the age of 31 would be considered an extra-constitutional directive by … Continued

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A recent story in the New York Times, “Deportations Continue Despite U.S. Review of Backlog,” reported that DHS officials expect to suspend the deportation orders of at least 20,600 people by the end of 2012. In one striking sentence, the story depicts a president caught between his obligation to enforce the law and his desire … Continued

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Last night, the House passed the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2013, and with it, eight amendments with the intent to increase interior enforcement and secure the border were approved and added to the final bill. Under House Leadership of the last few Congresses, it’s been tough to get recorded votes from the … Continued

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Has anyone in Alabama read HB 56? The answer is surely “yes,” but none of them appear to have been involved in the story “Hundreds from across state protest immigration law,” published May 28 in the Montgomery Advertiser, which describes people protesting Alabama’s immigration law as wanting “others to understand their frustrations, concerns, and in … Continued

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On May 18th Governor Robert Bentley signed HB 658, a bill that amends Alabama’s 2011 immigration enforcement law. Although marketed as a “tweak” of existing law, HB 658 as passed by the House would have seriously undermined it before courts had a chance to rule on pending lawsuits. Fortunately, NumbersUSA members were able to convince … Continued

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